Re: Self-education for a late-onset math geek

On Apr 28, 1:07 pm, DanEsch <daniel.a.e...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Many (many many many) years ago I was a cocky college freshman who placed into the honors track for math, and -- ego before common sense -- took the honors multivariable calc course.

Big mistake - standard assumption for the course was basic mastery of the A/P calculus curriculum (AB, but who cares now). Since my school then didn't offer A/P courses, the calc I got was the calc they taught. There were some big gaps. Being a complete idiot (college freshman, remember) I didn't do anything sensible like, oh I dunno, transfer to a lower section or retake the honors section of basic calc or anything like that. I gutted the course out, got a crap grade and didn't bother much with math in college after that.

Some years after graduation, I realized what a moronic decision that was. So, now, with limited funds and access to university course, I want to study math, for real.

Can anyone recommend path or paths for "where do I go from here" as self-directed curriculum for someone with basic knowledge of single-variable calculus, and strong motivation? (For what it's worth, my profession requires working with numeric data all the time, but the level of mathematics involved basically elementary algebra).

If this is the wrong forum, please let me know and I'll repost in the right one.

Thanks for any replies

Search on "calculus lecture notes" and you may find something to your
liking. Search on "calculus homework solutions: and you may find
something of use.
Search on "calculus on web cow" and you should find problem sets at
Temple U.
Search on "calculus" at youtube.com, or on any mathematical topic, and
you may find something palatable. I believe you will find an MIT DE
course there, and you may find an MIT course on Linear Algebra.

David Ames
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